4 news at now at 5 that offduty pilot accused of trying to cut the engines of an sfo bound flight is now out of a job. Alaska airlines saying Joseph Emerson has been relieved of his duties. The Pleasant Hill resident in the east bay pleading not guilty today to 83 counts of attempted murder. That was in oregon courtroom. Thanks for joining us tonight on kron. 4 news at 5. Im grant lotus and im noelle bellow. Newly released Court Documents reveal exactly what happened on sunday aboard that flight. Prosecutors say emerson was sitting in the jump seat behind the pilot when he started pulling on the handles of the planes, Fire Suppression system, which if he had been successful, would have cut fuel to the planes engines. Prosecutors say he has admitted to doing so and hes now facing both state and federal charges. We do have Team Coverage on this story tonight. Kron fours theresa live from outside emersons home in Pleasant Hill. But first kron fours dan kerman joining us from the newsroom
Check out my day planner for today. We will be in the upper 40s to mid50s through 7 00. It is going to be bone dry. Midtoupper 60s around the coast and bay and the 74 at lunch and inland, we will be 66 at the coast and 72 around the bay and 82 inland and grab a coat most of us are in the 60 at 7 00. We are starting off with the pictures take were a little while ago, this vehicle crashed into a power pole after a driver fell asleep at the wheel right near all of the auto dealerships as you can see. The driver was also traveling with their dog and the dog got loose. Right now, they are still assessing the situation and whether the driver suffered any injuries. We will look at what is on the map, as we take you into san jose, you can see the location here, it is north of 280, and 280 is not affected and the boulevard you still could have some police activity. Moving over to mass transit, we are waking up to a 20minute delay at daly city and early traffic repair is done but we still have t
Leaving the house. Youre not going to see a lot of sidential burglariest night. Youre going to see your car burglaries at night, but generally not your residential stuff because people are going to be home. Burglars are cowards, they dont want to be confronted, said Sioux City Police officer, sgt. Scott hatting. Police say for them, the best you can be is a good witness. In sioux city. Tommie clark. Ktiv news 4. Sioux city police also report a rash of car break ins, and thefts. Authorities say its a crime thats easy to preveve. First, ver leave any valuababs in your vehicle. The majority of thieves check the car doors to see if theyre open, so always lock your doors. And if theyre able to get into the car, thieves will rummage around so dont leave a spare key in the vehicle. Its one of thosesehings, its a prevevtable crime. You know a lot of these we get there were like k we give tips when we get there, but unfortunately its too late the party were talking to. Keep those valuables hidd